In yet another sign that the wheels are falling off the wind industry gravy train, Investec has announced it wants to flog its plans for its proposed 105 turbine Hornsdale project. The project was planned for the hills near Belalie, North of Jamestown in South Australia and drew the same hostile opposition to giant fans … Continue reading Investec Bails out at Belalie
Category: South Australia
Not content with RORTING the power market – AGL is bullying punters who can’t pay
In our last post we had a look at how pandas have taken an interest in power prices in South Australia. SA’s well on the path to power-price-perdition – thanks to its heavy “reliance” on intermittent, unreliable and insanely expensive wind power. Now – energy market gorilla, AGL - has taken to bullying their customers … Continue reading Not content with RORTING the power market – AGL is bullying punters who can’t pay
Wang Wang and Funi to the rescue
South Australians have - since 1 July this year - been paying the highest power prices in the world. And it seems that SA’s power-price-punishment has troubled a crowd called “WWF” – here’s a link to their site. **** This group - not renowned for knowledge of Australia's energy market - is apparently headed up … Continue reading Wang Wang and Funi to the rescue
Bobby thumbed a “Diesel” down …
**** Taking the wind power fraud to new lows in hypocrisy, pointlessness and infantile stupidity, it seems that every shark in the pond is ready to cash in when the wind stops blowing. STT has covered the consequences of wind power going AWOL over 100 times each year - as peaking power plants jump into … Continue reading Bobby thumbed a “Diesel” down …
Wind power fraud “Voortrekker”: Niall Ferguson called it years ago
There were some amongst us who - right from the outset - recognised wind power as the greatest economic and environmental fraud of all time. In Afrikaans they would be called the "Voortrekkers" - those that got out in front early and stayed there. The followers of the Voortrekkers - include people like Australia's Dick … Continue reading Wind power fraud “Voortrekker”: Niall Ferguson called it years ago
Sean Edwards – hits Number One on the STT Charts
Every now and again STT comes across people who shoot from relative obscurity and straight into the Pantheon of STT Greats. Sean Edwards just popped a Press Release on his website that is so good that it takes him right to Number One on the STT Charts. Wind Farms Should Not Receive Subsidies From Taxpayers … Continue reading Sean Edwards – hits Number One on the STT Charts
It’s never too late to wake up
In the third and final in this series - The Advertiser calls for an inquiry into the greatest economic fraud of all time. Time for an inquiry into power prices The Advertiser 12 July 2013 CONSUMERS’ expectations are quite simple, really - when they flick the switch the lights should come on, and they shouldn’t … Continue reading It’s never too late to wake up
Matt Warren lets a couple slip past
Keeping wicket takes a keen eye and cool nerves. Read on as Matthew Warren, CEO of the Energy Supply Association of Australia fails on both counts. In having a crack at Bruce Dinham – the former ETSA boss we reported on in our last post – Matt takes his eye off the ball and lets … Continue reading Matt Warren lets a couple slip past
Rally – Peter Quinn
Our last speaker at the National Wind Power Fraud Rally on June 18, 2013 at Parliament House, Canberra, was Peter Quinn, a Barrister from South Australia. Peter grew up on a sheep and cropping farm in the shadow of Mount Bryan in the Mid-North of South Australia. Four generations of his family still live in … Continue reading Rally – Peter Quinn
Rally – David Mortimer
Next at the National Wind Power Fraud Rally on June 18, 2013 at Parliament House, Canberra, was David Mortimer from South Australia. David, and his wife Alida, host 2 of Infigen's Lake Bonney's wind turbines on their farm, near Millicent in the South East of South Australia. The incredible noise of the cluster of 10 … Continue reading Rally – David Mortimer
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